Episode 15: Leigh Harder & Nick Scalzi on eSports, competitive gaming and live Mario Kart challenge

It's a new era in The Scotch Podcast, as Tess and Poppy (who was late, just quietly) take over for Seb as co-hosts. They are joined by Mr Leigh Harder and Mr Nick Scalzi to talk all things eSports and competitive gaming, both in and out of school. After a chat, 2024 Sport Captains Reuben and Grace join Mr Harder and Warren King in some live Mario Kart while Poppy and Tess do their best to fire distracting questions! 00:00 What is eSports? 00:55 Mr Scalzi's Mario Kart tournament history 01:45 Tess gets confused about what a Nintendo 64 is, because she wasn't born when it launched 02:08 Training and preparation 03:00 eSports at Scotch and FUSE Cup 05:00 Poppy rolls in late 05:15 Gaming superstitions and rituals 06:18 Favourite games 06:34 Tess and Poppy try to relate to gamer terminology 07:46 Advice for interested eSports gamers 09:23 Mario Kart 8 Showdown